GRADUATION PAPER
A STUDY ON FORTH-YEAR ENGLISH-MAJORED STUDENTS' DIFFICULTIES
IN READING ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES
AT HANOI UNIVERSITY OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY
Field: English Language
Name: Hoang Minh Han
Student's code: 17106255
Course: English Language Studies
Supervisor: Mrs. Bui Thi Ha M.A.
Part A. Introduction
Part B. Development
Part C. Conclusion
1.Rationale of the study
2.Aims of the study
Part A
3. Research questions
Introduction
4. Scope of the study
5. Design of the study
Part B
Development
Part B
Material collection
1.Methods 2. Research Setting
Qualitative methods Research context
Quantitative methods Research participants
Research instruments
Data collection procedures
Part B
Material analysis
01 Reading comprehension
The capacity to read a text and comprehend
its meaning.
1. Review of theoretical 02
English for Specific Purposes
English for Specific Purposes (ESP) is a global subject
background There is an emphasis on designing ESP courses
Many non- specialist ESP teachers use an ESP
approach in terms of syllabi and general English
courses
03 Types of ESP
English for Science and Technology (EST)
English for Business and Economics (EBE)
English for Social Studies (ESS)
Part B
2. Review of previous studies
Dudley-Evans & St John, 1998; Widdowson, 1983
Ho, 2016; Pulido, 2004
Abdulghani, 1993
Part B 3. Result, Remark
Result
Areas of difficulties in ESP reading comprehension
Part B
Result
Various reasons for difficulties in reading comprehension
Part B
Result
Difficulties in the area of background knowledge
Part B
Result
Difficulties in the area of grammar
Part B
Remark
01 02 03 04
Three significant factors that Students had to take Students should involve Learning ESP material
prevented them from several ESP courses builder of meaning can be related to the
understanding ESP reading from various fields, when reading low autonomy of
texts were insufficient so they lacked a lot students
technical vocabulary, of understandable
contextual awareness of ESP
subjects and grammar also.
Part C
1. Recapitulation
English-major students still Students encountered a The five other common difficulties
had to deal with reading variety of challenges in ESP encountered by students:
ESP texts because they did reading comprehension, Technical terminology and ESP
not have enough English technical vocabulary meaning knowledge, meaning
knowledge to comprehend problems, which was the comprehension, the type of ESP
ESP reading texts. most popular areas of reading materials, organization
difficulty. structure and pacing in reading
ESP texts
2. Limitation of the study
3. Suggestion for further study
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